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单词 slaying
释义

slaying

noun

slay·​ing ˈslā-iŋ How to pronounce slaying (audio)
plural slayings
: the act of killing a person : killing, murder
used chiefly in journalistic writing
a gangland slayingSunday's slayings bring to 14 the number of killings this year in what police call gang-related attacks. Peter SteinHe is accused of ordering the 1989 slayings and robberies of three drug dealers … Joseph P. Fried

Synonyms

  • blood
  • foul play
  • homicide
  • murder
  • rubout
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Word History

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

slaying 1 of 2

noun

as in murder
the intentional and unlawful taking of another person's life a man wanted for the slaying of seven people during an armed robbery

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • murder
  • homicide
  • killing
  • massacre
  • rubout
  • slaughter
  • foul play
  • assassination
  • execution
  • manslaughter
  • blood
  • bloodshed
  • carnage
  • destruction
  • butchery
  • decimation
  • mercy killing
  • hit
  • regicide
  • parricide
  • matricide
  • filicide
  • euthanasia
  • patricide
  • fratricide
  • chance-medley
  • uxoricide

slaying

2 of 2

verb

present participle of slay
1
as in killing
to deprive of life millions have been slain worldwide by this dreadful disease

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • killing
  • destroying
  • murdering
  • dispatching
  • slaughtering
  • claiming
  • taking
  • felling
  • assassinating
  • carrying off
  • croaking
  • doing for
  • butchering
  • massacring
  • doing in
  • smiting
  • neutralizing
  • annihilating
  • finishing
  • offing
  • executing
  • snuffing
  • whacking
  • wasting
  • decimating
  • cutting down
  • mowing
  • martyring
  • doing away with
  • making away with
  • killing off
  • getting
  • taking out
  • rubbing out
  • putting away
  • terminating
  • scragging
  • knocking off
  • icing
  • blotting out
  • euthanizing
  • bumping off
  • euthanatizing
  • suiciding
  • putting down

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • raising
  • reviving
  • animating
  • restoring
  • resurrecting
  • nurturing
  • resuscitating
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2
as in murdering
to put to death deliberately vowed to slay without mercy whoever was responsible for murdering his family

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • murdering
  • assassinating
  • killing
  • executing
  • dispatching
  • slaughtering
  • shooting
  • neutralizing
  • getting
  • whacking
  • offing
  • snuffing
  • destroying
  • liquidating
  • terminating
  • taking out
  • rubbing out
  • croaking
  • putting away
  • knocking off
  • icing
  • doing in
  • bumping off
  • smiting
  • massacring
  • butchering
  • claiming
  • zapping
  • eliminating
  • doing away with
  • cutting down
  • eradicating
  • shooting down
  • felling
  • blowing away
  • annihilating
  • exterminating
  • carrying off
  • blotting out
  • wiping out
  • mowing (down)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • raising
  • reviving
  • restoring
  • resurrecting
  • animating
  • resuscitating
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